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The Wrecker
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1928 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 5th Impression Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tusitala Edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol XII. Novel written in collaboration with, and with a preface by, Lloyd Osbourne. Blind stamped author signature to front board, gilt design and title to spine, top edges tinted. Some bumping to spine and corners, spine faded, edges sunned and lightly foxed and slight marking to boards, otherwise good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007719
- Title
- The Wrecker
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 5th Impression Thus
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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